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I was wondering what the most powerful video card I can put into my system without my i3 bottlenecking it, I've been told a GeForce GTX 660 is about the limit and anything more will be bottlenecked.

 

Is this true?

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I'm not completely sure. I'm looking for benchmarks between processors for gpu's right now.

 

I'd be perfectly comfortable with a 660 Ti or a 7870 with a i3 3220.

 

For the 2120, the 660 Ti and 7870 MIGHT be stretching it a bit. 660 and 7850 should be fine though.

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Dual cores are still pretty strong. I personally don't need any more than a dual core. Probably best paired with a 7770, they seem to be a cute couple :3

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